It's time to end the debate of who makes the best smartphone camera. Instagram addicts and selfie junkies may settle for the shooters on the Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4, but serious photographers demand more out of their hardware. Smartphone vendors try to appease this crowd by throwing around buzzwords and ever-growing megapixel counts, but a photo tells you more about a camera's performance than spec sheets and marketing buzzwords.
In this round of our smartphone camera shootout, we pit the Nokia Lumia 1020 and the Moto X against the iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S4 to see who really takes the better shot. The Windows Phone-powered Lumia 1020 packs a massive 41-megapixel camera—the largest on any smartphone—while the 10-megapixel camera on the Moto X utilizes an RGBC sensor with a fourth, clear pixel that's supposed to help the phone perform better in low light. The results seem to match up with what we saw in the reviews for these phones, but you can take a look at the photos below to judge them for yourself.
Note : Download links to the original images are below each comparison.
For more on the Nokia Lumia 1020, Galaxy S4, and Moto X, be sure to check our full reviews.
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